where do you get free tick data and if not free where is cheap tick data. and then where do you put it into mt4 inorder to do a good backtest? doesn't seem like data is any good. im only able to back test from 2009
But I don't think you can use it in Metatrader strategy tester. I once read that from some version on, it's not possible to add any tick data, but only 1 minute data at best. And then the ticks are simulated by the strategy tester, depending on the volume (number of ticks) of each bar. I may be wrong or things could have changed already...
Scroll the chart window to the earliest date possible, and MetaTrader will start downloading data automatically. Do this on all timeframes and you've got yourself high-quality data right from the server.
